Open 11am-4pm Fri. and Sun. (Nov 24 & 26) & Fridays in Dec.

Enjoy a unique shopping experience, where you get to meet the alpacas whose fleece made many of the unique items in our Farm Boutique.

Our Alpaca Farm Boutique offers unique alpaca gifts items, offering you and your family a great way to have a relaxing day visiting alpacas, and starting (or finishing up) your holiday shopping. We have plenty of new items on hand, as well as some of your favorites, such as the cherished Extreme Alpaca Socks. Sadly, our alpaca co-op closed so this will be the last year we offer the Extreme Alpaca Socks, both regular and boot sizes. Come get ’em while you can. They’ll last you through years of wear.

We offer lots of lovely yarn from our alpacas, as well as hand-made items such as hats, gloves & scarves, designed exclusively for us, and knit by the designer, Justine Chenel, of Justine Chenel Designs. Justine is shown here sporting the Lattice Cable Hat and Mittens she designed and knit exclusively for us. These beautiful, stylish and luxurious alpaca items sell as quickly as they come in, so shop early for best selection! We take special orders too!

While here, come prepared to take selfies with an alpaca or two. It is sure to be an enchanting time for you and your loved ones.

We can help Santa fill your hearts and pastures with your own small herd.

Santa’s Little Helper

To help some of you meet your alpaca ownership dreams, we are offering year end specials on alpacas, including starter packages. These include our assistance in teaching you what you need to know to care for these beautiful and wonderful creatures.

If you can’t make any of these visits out to the farm, we hope you can come see us at Victorian Christmas in historical downtown Nevada City. We’ll be on Broad street, above Pine St. It is a wonderful way to spend time out enjoying “old fashioned” holiday cheer and good tidings.

When you come to visit, remember we are a ranch, so come dressed appropriately. Open rain or shine! If raining, bring your umbrella. No dogs please, or leave them in your vehicle.

May you and your loved ones be safe and have a loving and joyful time together this holiday season. We are richly blessed, and among these blessings is living in such a wonderful community. We would be delighted to share some holiday cheer together with you, and hope you can stop by!

2017 AOA National Fleece Conference Results!

We were lucky to have our National Alpaca Owners of America Fleece Conference in our own backyard this year. We submitted some of our fiber to a category called a “Spin-off”. This is where a sample of our fleece is sent to a judge, and she hand-spins it into yarn. Each submission is rated for specific qualities. We competed against all of the U.S.alpaca owners to see just how well our breeding program is doing. We already know (through lab testing) that we have over 6 alpacas that consistently rank in the top 1% in the U.S. in several categories, including fineness. Well, we are pleased with our results! We won 3 first places, & 1 second place. As we breed for consistent fineness (translation: produces great yarn from the same alpaca for many years!!) we are quite proud of our results. If you want some of this awesome yarn, stop by or shop online at our webstore. However, since Cynthia is slow in getting items into the webstore please call for updated inventory.

VOLUNTEERS WANTED
In response to numerous requests to help at the ranch, we are accepting applications for helpers in the following areas: (1) Work with fleece (after it has been removed from the animal). This includes cleaning, sorting, skirting, picking and carding. (2) Working with the animals. We will teach you to halter them, lead them, feed them, and to perform health evaluations. (3) Ranch-related work. This can include fence building and repair, irrigation systems, pasture preparation and maintenance, small construction projects, and other work as scheduled.

When visiting our ranch, one thing people notice is how our alpacas enjoy walking with us, & follow us around without the promise of a treat. Impressed? You bet! Our alpacas have learned to trust us, as we love to spend time with them, and treat them respectfully.

At Sierra Rose Alpacas, we strive to create a vibrant and sustainable ranch where we breed high quality Alpacas, provide education and support to our customers, and simply enjoy all the lifestyle benefits that owning and caring for alpacas bring. Not only do alpacas provide us beautiful fiber to make lovely yarn, and unique wearable art, but their organic fertilizer helps us grown the best vegetables in our garden!

Alpacas are simply wonderful animals to be around. Many people want to enjoy the unique, wonderful alpaca as part of their lifestyle. If that’s you, we can help! Come visit our ranch and find out more about these wonderful animals. Alpacas are herd animals. And just like potato chips, you can’t have just one!

Are you planning to have alpacas? Let us help you design your area for safe fencing, herd management and safety from predators. Did you know dogs are the #1 killer of alpacas in the U.S.? Sad but true. Have good fencing to keep the unwanted dogs (and mountain lions) out, & / or get livestock guardian dogs to protect your herd. Llamas are good guardians, but they can be killed by predators too.

Need some time to pay for your herd? We can help finance them for you, interest free. We have several plans to help you! Want to adopt an alpaca but don’t have a place to keep her? We can help! Keep her her, and come visit, we care for your girl, and you can learn to walk her, care for her, etc.as you can! You get all her lovely fleece, and to know you have your very own alpaca to come love!

Hello to All My Fans! Well, here I am again taking pen in hand (or toes, as the case may be). I have been on break for the Summer, but now it is time to get back to work. Things are going well here. Opal, my daughter, and I are beginning to put on our winter coats. We sure look better now than just after we were sheared. It was positively embarrassing to see all of our herd mates walking around in just their birthday suits. (Although I do have to say that Maverick was looking especially handsome). Now and again I see Opal checking out Crimson Knight and looking at him in that certain way, this is not good. (Editor’s note: Francesca and Opal can be quite the flirts.)

Now on to serious business. I wanted to talk to you about toenails (ours, not yours). We do not have a split hoof as do many ruminants. We have two toes with nails that have to be trimmed when they grow out too long. Our wild relatives walk on hard rocky ground that keeps their nails worn to a comfortable length. We, however, have the good life (read soft) here, and so must depend on our agents/caretakers to take care of that need for us. Everyone has their nails trimmed at least once a year at shearing. Some of my girlfriends have nails that grow out so fast, that they need their pedicure more often – two to three times/year! For nail trimming, most of us will just stand while one of our agents lifts one of our legs at a time and cuts the nail level with the toe pad. While we do not like to be held in this way, we really do appreciate the results when we have our nails done. Mmm hmmm! I have even heard of alpacas having their nails colored. Hmmm, what do you think of that? Should we? Maybe I can talk my agents into that. (Editor’s note: Not likely).

I’m looking forward to my fans coming out and seeing me Sept. 30 and Oct 1!
Until then hugs and kisses all around.

Kiss Kiss,
Francesca

I am available to see my fans by appointment, 530. 272.1218. Please check with my agents Howard and Cynthia for dates and times. I do hoofographs (like an autograph) for my fans and love photo-ops to show off my lovely fleece and trademark eyelashes.

We invite you to join in the fun! Learn, Love, and Laugh while you visit alpacas (and us), spin a yarn, shop, relax and enjoy a bit of life at Sierra Rose Alpacas! Our farm gift shop and boutique will be open. As part of celebrating everything alpaca, we will have felting demo’s, spinning corner, fiber art demo’s from Farm to Fabulous (10:30am). Come learn about alpaca care and more! Check out our schedule here.

Tours of the ranch will be conducted throughout the day. You will have the opportunity to meet the alpacas and to feed them. Bring your camera to take some selfies! Leave your dogs home please.

We encourage beginner and advanced fiber artists to attend. If you spin, knit, crochet, or do felting, you are invited to bring your craft and share it with others. Enjoy spending time at the ranch, watching the alpacas, making new friends while sharing your art with others.

2017 Alpaca Farm Day Festival Schedule: A few highlights Saturday Only: 12pm-1pm Wet Felt Soap Class. $15 all materials supplied. Learn to wet felt soap and make your own Holiday gifts! A fun gift to make for that gardener in your life, or just a special soap that will alst for a long time. This year we have Camel Milk soap (did you know alpacas are in the camel family?) This rich moisturizing soap gets even better when alpaca fiber is felted on top! Provides a built in moisturizing wash clothe and loofah! Class size limited to 1st 10 people.

At 2pm each day there will be a walk-and-talk presentation that we call ALPACAS 101. Here we will go into more details on alpaca ownership and husbandry. This will be of particular interest to those who are considering starting their own alpaca herd. AND we have specials on alpacas good through the end of October! When you buy your alpacas through us, you get our full support in learning all about their care and everything alpaca!

Plan to bring your own spinning, knitting, crochet, or fiber art project and join our Community Circle at the Festival. Need a new fiber art project? Meet new friends? We can help! Sit, chat, meet new folks and enjoy working on your project here. Join in the fun!

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